[CPEO-BIF] "Does New York need a better brownfield program?"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Does New York need a better brownfield program?

Opinion by Jeremy Moule
Rochester City Newspaper (NY)
February 8, 2011

When a government or developer cleans up and reuses a polluted or 
abandoned industrial site, it can have a profoundly positive effect on 
the neighboring communities.

Brownfield redevelopment isn't just a matter of removing contamination 
or ridding a site of unsightly debris, equipment, or buildings. Done 
right, the projects pull neighbors together and get them involved in the 
planning, both for remediation and future reuse.

That's why it's frustrating to see the major flaws in New York's 
brownfield programs going unaddressed. They've been highlighted recently 
in a couple of reports, one an article from the Albany Times Union and 
the other an analysis by Environmental Advocates of New York.

...

For the entire column, see
http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/news/blog/2011/02/Does-New-York-need-a-better-brownfield-program/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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